Health Care Ethics: Provocative Topics

Internet Enduring Material Series, offered by CME in Bites

 

  • Type of Software needed to complete the online program: Desktop computer, tablets & mobile devices capable of internet connectivity and video browsing capabilities
  • Estimated time to complete the educational activity: 2 Hours/Topic
  • Date of Original release on your website: October 1, 2020
  • Termination date: October 1, 2023

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE & SPEAKER DECLARATIONS

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Standards for Commercial Support require that presentations are free of commercial bias and that any information regarding commercial products/services be based on scientific methods generally accepted by the medical community. The following planners and presenter(s) have disclosed financial interest/arrangements or affiliations with organization(s) that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of their presentation(s).  Only the current arrangements/interests are included. *Planning Committee

 

Joseph Caruana, MD, MS. -Co-Activity Director: Nothing to Report

Scott V. Monte, PharmD* -Co-Activity Director: Nothing to Report

Marsha Nelson*: Nothing to Report

                                                                                               

ACCME Standards of Commercial Support of CME require that presentations be free of commercial bias and that any information regarding commercial products/services be based on scientific methods generally accepted by the medical community.  When discussing therapeutic options, faculty are requested to use only generic names.  If they use a trade name, then those of several companies should be used.  If a presentation includes discussion of any unlabeled or investigational use of a commercial product, faculty are required to disclose this to the participants.

 

 

Topic 4. Truth Telling

A scenario-based application of ethical principles when a patient wants the truth about a serious diagnosis.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Explain the concept of therapeutic privilege.
  1. Identify how a provider can maintain a patient’s hope while being truthful.
  1. Discuss the key steps in the process of telling the truth about a serious diagnosis.
  1. Identify how a patient’s family and culture should factor into truth telling.
  1. Discuss the arguments for truth telling have been influenced by ethical theories.

ACPE upn #0044-9999-20-042-H04-P

 

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The University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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The University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences designates each of these internet enduring materials for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

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The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.  These knowledge-based activities have been awarded 2 contact hours (0.2 ceus) each of continuing pharmacy home study education credit.  Credit will be uploaded to the CPE Monitor to those who complete all components of this activity.